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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Brazil & South Africa

Definitions

  • A note: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Goods transported > Million ton-km: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • Narrow gauge: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km per million: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Total: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Total > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Total > Per capita: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per million: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Brazil South Africa HISTORY
A note <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a> to the interurban routes itemized above, <a href=/country/br><a href=/country/br>Brazil</a></a> has 247.8 km of suburban railway consisting of 170.8 km of 1.600-m gauge (75 km <a href=/encyclopedia/electricity>electrified</a>) and 77 km of 1.000-m gauge (1999 est.) <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a>, <a href=/country/sf><a href=/country/sf>South Africa</a></a> has an <a href=/encyclopedia/electricity><a href=/encyclopedia/electricity>electrified</a></a> 1.065-m gauge commuter rail system, with a total length of 1,254 km, which serves Johannesburg-Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, East London, and Port Elizabeth (2001)
Goods transported > Million ton-km 267,700
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa
106,014
Ranked 9th.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 1,138.34
Ranked 46th.
13,865
Ranked 17th. 12 times more than Brazil

Rail lines > Total route-km 29,817
Ranked 10th. 35% more than South Africa
22,051
Ranked 13th.

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 151.41
Ranked 55th.
435.9
Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Brazil

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 267,700
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than South Africa
113,342
Ranked 9th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 1.36
Ranked 21st.
2.24
Ranked 13th. 65% more than Brazil

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 1,138.34
Ranked 49th.
18,865
Ranked 14th. 17 times more than Brazil

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 7.14
Ranked 73th.
377.37
Ranked 31st. 53 times more than Brazil

Total 28,538 km
Ranked 10th. 41% more than South Africa
20,192 km
Ranked 14th.

Total > Per $ GDP 27.43 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 84th.
81.85 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Brazil

Total > Per capita 0.147 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th.
0.428 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Brazil

Total per million 150.48 km
Ranked 53th.
427.77 km
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Brazil

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division.; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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